I really just wish they'd cut him and pay him. Honestly, what do they have to gain by keeping him around? The minuscule chance that he can be productive? Not worth it. Cut him and show him that he's such an ass that you're willing to pay him to not be around.

I really just wish they'd cut him and pay him. Honestly, what do they have to gain by keeping him around? The minuscule chance that he can be productive? Not worth it. Cut him and show him that he's such an ass that you're willing to pay him to not be around.

Are they recouping insurance money with him hurt? Thats the only reason I can imagine they'd be keeping him.

I really just wish they'd cut him and pay him. Honestly, what do they have to gain by keeping him around? The minuscule chance that he can be productive? Not worth it. Cut him and show him that he's such an ass that you're willing to pay him to not be around.

Are they recouping insurance money with him hurt? Thats the only reason I can imagine they'd be keeping him.

I think he has to be out for a full year before they can collect any insurance.

Idoit40fans wrote:Are they recouping insurance money with him hurt? Thats the only reason I can imagine they'd be keeping him.

Arod, or someone smart who gave the idea to him, thinks that's what they're planning to do:

According to the source, Rodriguez thinks the Yankees are deliberately slowing his return to their active roster in the hope they can have him declared medically unfit to play this season, enabling them to recoup 80 percent of his $28 million salary through insurance.

Yeah, Tex is done. Granderson is really the only one I expect to come back and contribute. Yanks will fall off as the season goes on, but I expect Toronto, TB, and Baltimore to all put up a good fight. Toronto finally figured things out and they just got Reyes back.

For what it is worth, there is a theory that the Yankees do not want A-Rod on the field because they would receive 80 percent of his $28 million 2013 contract – about $22.4 million -- back if he were to not play this year.That is incorrect. The way the Yankees policy works is they only get 80 percent if Rodriguez retires due to an injury and never plays again. For this season, the insurance is for roughly $7 million to $9 million, and they get a piece of that for any games missed this year due to his hip ailment.Thus, it hardly makes sense for them to try to slow Rodriguez down from returning based on that amount money for a multi-billion-dollar corporation. In fact, you can argue the opposite, the Yanks would want to get him on the field as quickly as possible so that he can break down, never play again and they could recoup 80 percent of what remains on his deal, which at this moment is roughly $100 million for the next 4 1/2 seasons.

This story never ends. Now Arod is saying he doesn't know when he'll be ready:

"I'm not sure when I can come back," A-Rod is said to have told general manager Brian Cashman and team president Randy Levine on the three-way call. "It could be in July. It could be in August. It could be I won't be able to play at all this year."

My guess is that when Cashman talked to Arod he said, "Listen, a bag with $5 million will be delivered to your house if you don't come back this year. We'll add another $5 million if we never see you again."